Yuan Xi smiled: "You also underestimate your husband too much, right?" As far as I know, there has never been a defeat since he led the army. In this battle with Liu Bei, he had 30,000 Northern Cavalry troops and 20,000 Jizhou Army elites in his hands, and he only undertook the task of interception, so there would be no problem. ”

"Oh..."

Ma Yunlu also believed that Jiang Wei could deal with Liu Bei.

When she fought the Huns outside the Great Wall, she admired Jiang Wei.

Every time you send troops, you can anticipate the enemy in advance.

Every aspect of the battle is under his control.

However, thinking that Liu Bei had an army of 300,000 and tens of thousands of Cao troops in Chang'an, Ma Yunlu couldn't help but worry about him.

Yuan Xi comforted her and said, "You will lead the troops well in Yecheng, I believe that it will not be long before Cao Cao will not be able to hold on." If he loses, the world will be peaceful, and you and Jiang Wei will be able to live a peaceful life. ”

"Yes."

Yuan Xi left with frustration.

Went to the Ministry of Engineering to get a large number of siege equipment.

These include bombs made of liquor and incendiary bombs made of kerosene.

These have devastating powers.

Large catapults, small thunderbolts, siege towers, flying bridges, etc., are countless.

With so many equipment, it is difficult to increase the speed of the march.

From Yecheng to Huguan, there are three hundred miles.

Yuan Xi spent four days.

During these four days, Gao Ran has been outside Huguan, confronting the Huguan defenders. He led people to sneak attack twice, but they were unsuccessful, and after being discovered, hundreds of people were killed and wounded.

Meantime.

In the northern part of the state of Taiyuan.

More than 13,000 Cao troops suddenly appeared, captured the two cities before and after Jinyang, and surrounded Jinyang City.

Ma Heng, the governor of the state, had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands.

He kept in mind Yuan Xi's entrustment, did not act rashly, and held the city steadily.

Gao Gan, who came from Yanmen Pass, arrived in Taiyuan. When he learned that Jinyang City was besieged, he did not hesitate and immediately led the two thousand cavalry in the army to rush to Jinyang.

He is different from Ma Heng.

He is a Hebei veteran and a relative of Yuan Xi, as long as he thinks he is doing the right thing, he will do his best. After all, Yuan Xi did not give him an order not to attack.

After arriving in Jinyang.

Gao Gan fought a big battle with Cao Jun.

Pity...

He didn't win the battle.

The Cao army had halberd soldiers who restrained the cavalry. There are also two support soldiers before and after Jinyang. At the very beginning of the battle, Gao Gan was surrounded. If it weren't for Ma Heng's troops to help, Gao Gan's 2,000 cavalry would have been eaten.

Jiang Wei evacuated the Weihe River and easily captured the three counties of Longxi.

His infantry was stationed in Longxi City, blocking Xiliang's way out.

He personally led more than 20,000 northern cavalry troops to kill the county to govern Jincheng. There were more than 10,000 Cao troops and more than 20,000 Qiang, Di and Rong rebels.

Jiang Wei rushed to the south of Jincheng and did not rush to attack.

began to slowly plan to persuade the alien race.

..............

Kettle off.

With the arrival of Yuan Xi, a new round of attacks is about to begin.

Gao Ran selected 5,000 elites and said, "The 5,000 people selected by the last general are the most elite soldiers of each battalion, and they are all willing to participate in this siege and die without complaint." ”

"Okay, there's morale!"

Yuan Xi nodded, but continued: "But the siege of the city cannot be based on courage and determination, but also on skill. I brought a lot of siege equipment with me, some of which I used for the first time. You familiarize your soldiers with it, and then you can attack the city after two days. ”

"Yes."

Gao Ran was also about to say this.

The five thousand people he selected were willing to fight to the death. However, there is still a lack of cooperation with each other. Because they were drawn from various battalions, they had no experience in joint operations in peacetime. If you can spend two days and become familiar with the use of siege equipment, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when it comes to the siege.

Gao Ran led the army to drill in the battalion.

The soldiers stationed at Huguan were originally full of confidence and determined to resist Gao Lan. However, Yuan Xi brought a large number of instruments, which made them feel uneasy.

So he warned Jia Xu.

"Yuan Xi wants to capture Huguan, it is not an easy task. I will give him two thousand more troops, so that he must hold the city for a month. If you can't do it, generals and captains at all levels will be beheaded! "Somewhere in the state, Jia Xu led a general.

The general shuddered: "No." ”

Jia Xu transferred all the soldiers of the party to Huguan.

A total of two thousand people.

Including the defenders of Huguan, there are seven thousand.

"Sir wants us to stick to the pot for a month, otherwise... Since the beginning of the will be cut down. In the Huguan City Guard, Sanji said to the generals under his command: "Mr. Wenhe does what he says, if we really can't defend it, I'm afraid we will not escape death." ”

"What then?"

"Then you don't need to ask, of course it's fighting with Yuan Xi!"

"I have thick walls and 7,000 elite soldiers, are you afraid that you won't be able to stop the enemy?"

...........

There was a lot of talk among the generals.

Sanji clenched his fists and said, "Indeed, there is only a fight to the death!" The generals quickly went back to prepare, I expected that the first two days of Yuan Xi's siege of the city would be extremely aggressive. The morale of the enemy soldiers will also be very high, and we must make big moves to win. ”

"No."

Sanchi's big killer move, of course, refers to the oil of fire.

Jia Xu captured Shangdang County and found hundreds of catties of oil.

Although the number is a bit small, it is no problem to use it to win by surprise and arrive at one or two attacks.

this day.

Yuan Xi and Gao Ran took more than 10,000 soldiers and came to Huguan.

Five thousand of them, on standby from a great distance.

The five thousand elites who were ready to participate in the siege pushed the siege equipment and went to Huguan City. Due to the narrow terrain of Huguan, it cannot accommodate too many people. Gao Ran only let 2,000 of the soldiers participate in the battle. The rest of the soldiers were behind to supervise the battle. If the soldier is dead, quickly make up for it.

"Zuo Zhangba is really damned, he actually threw the pot away, and how many soldiers do we have to die." Gao Ran looked at the tall city tower in front of him and said angrily.

"The general doesn't have to be angry, and the left beard can be regarded as doing his best." Yuan Xidao.

"Do your best?"

"When he was killed, I watched from heaven. At that time, the city was breached, and his soldiers were also killed and wounded, and even he himself was stabbed twice. But he still did not give up the battle and fought with the enemy. What am I not satisfied with in order to be so? Yuan Xi was also very angry, but thinking that Zuo Zhangba was still fighting before he died, he didn't give in to him, so he forgave him.

"Humph!"

Gao Ran said: "I believe that any general, in that case, will choose to fight to the death." ”

Yuan Xi said: "When the general said this, do you believe it?" ”

Yuan Xi wouldn't believe it.

When Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, Cai Mao had more than 100,000 Jingzhou troops, but he did not hesitate to give up resistance and surrendered to Cao Cao. And the left bearded Zhangba, although he is already in a desperate situation, has no idea of surrendering.

It can be seen that he is more loyal than Cai Mao and has more backbone than Cai Mao.

And in the final analysis, Zuo Zhangba is just a young general, and it is already very good to be able to do this.